Week 1 Recap

It’s great to be back! This was a very exciting first episode that saw the all-stars compete in a mise en place relay Quickfire outside Griffith Observatory and a fire-only Elimination Challenge on the beach. Some of the contestants came out of the gate running (Gregory, Melissa), while others looked rusty in their first challenges back (Lee Anne, Kevin).

Special shout-out to Bryan Voltaggio’s elimination challenge dish, which takes the “I guess you need to taste it IRL because it really looks terrible and that’s the fundamental flaw with cooking shows on TV” prize of the week.

Here is this week’s recap of winners, losers, and our standings so far.

Current Standings

After 1 week, here are the current standings. This counts everyone’s earned Episode Scores and projects Ranking Scores based on who’s been eliminated.

Current Standing	Team	Members	Projected Final Score	Total Episode Points	Final Ranking Points Lost	Scaled Episode Points	Scaled Final Ranking Points
1st	Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	0.86	45	0	0.71	1.00
2nd	Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	0.72	55	8	1.00	0.43
3rd	Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	0.68	55	9	1.00	0.36
4th	It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	0.67	47	6	0.77	0.57
5th	Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	0.67	42	4	0.63	0.71
6th	Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	0.66	46	6	0.74	0.57
7th	Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	0.66	39	3	0.54	0.79
8th	Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	0.64	50	8	0.86	0.43
9th	Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	0.62	48	8	0.80	0.43
10th	Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	0.60	45	7	0.71	0.50
11th	The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	0.59	51	10	0.89	0.29
12th	G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	0.58	28	1	0.23	0.93
13th	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	0.53	50	11	0.86	0.21
14th	Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	0.48	46	11	0.74	0.21
15th	Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	0.43	40	10	0.57	0.29
16th	Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	0.42	49	14	0.83	0.00
17th	Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	0.39	25	5	0.14	0.64
18th	The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	0.38	47	14	0.77	0.00
19th	High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	0.38	42	12	0.63	0.14
20th	Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	0.33	33	10	0.37	0.29
21st	Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	0.32	35	11	0.43	0.21
22nd	Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	0.31	29	9	0.26	0.36
23rd	Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	0.20	29	12	0.26	0.14
24th	NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	0.10	20	11	0.00	0.21

Quickfire

The red team won with two dishes: a delicious char-grilled artichoke with tahini and a chewy-but-tasty-looking artichoke tortellono.

Winner: No one winner was announced.

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Honorable Mentions: Melissa, Joe, Jamie, Kevin, and Bryan

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Winning Dishes

Elimination Challenge

Winner: Gregory!

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Honorable Mentions: Stephanie and Jamie on the winning team. Melissa and Jen also got special shout-outs from the judges.

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Eliminated:

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Winning Dishes

Losing Dish

Episode Score

The top 3 scorers in points for this episode are Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova), Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa), and The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff).

Here are the overall standings in Episode Score after the first episode.

Ranking Score

We won’t know the final Ranking Scores until the season is over, but we can get a sense of how people are doing based on where they ranked contestants that have already been eliminated (notwithstanding possible Last Chance Kitchen comebacks).

Incredibly, Elsa, who has never seen Top Chef, but admittedly loves gambling, is the only one to have guessed this week’s loser. She leads in this category.

Here’s where things stand currently.

Team Breakdowns

Lastly, here’s a look at how everyone’s team is doing after Week 1.

Team	Members	First Place	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Last Place
Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Jamie Lynch	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Stephanie Cmar	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz
Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes
Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll
Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa
Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto
G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Brian Malarkey
High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes
Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey
It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	Joe Sasto	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll
Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Kevin Gillespie	Jamie Lynch
Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey	Jennifer Carroll
NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes	Stephanie Cmar	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey
Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Eric Adjepong	Joe Sasto	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes
Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Kevin Gillespie	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Jamie Lynch	Melissa King
Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Angelo Sosa	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey
Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Stephanie Cmar	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie
The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen
The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes
Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll
Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Jamie Lynch	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie
Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	Jennifer Carroll	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes

Week 2 Recap

This week’s recap is a guest post from my roommate, Janet!, who graciously agreed to write this summary after I whined “No! I don’t want to!” She also happens to be from LA and rolled her eyes when they called Hollywood a “neighborhood.” When I asked Janet to join the league last year, she rejected the invite by saying “lol no,” and then almost immediately got such intense FOMO that she asked me to bcc her on all the recap emails. And now she’s here, writing paragraphs of this stuff.

This week’s episode was all about honoring the late Jonathan Gold, a beloved food critic who very effectively communicated the fact that the best food in LA is found in strip malls (if you are in search of more streamable content, might I suggest the fantastic Jonathan Gold/Los Angeles documentary, City of Gold?) The cheftestants skipped the Quickfire challenge in favor of eating through said strip malls and being ferried around LA in BMWs (deeply ironic as Jonathan Gold was known for his 1998 Dodge pick-up).

The cuisines featured in this food-porn montage covered everything from Filipino to Szechuan to Indian to Mexican to Thai, a selection that varied almost as much as the cheftestants’ levels of judgment and risk taking. Nini managed to pull off an Asian/Jewish/Mexican “masa ball soup” that landed her in the top three, while Steph Cmar decided that Top Chef All Stars would be a totally great time to try her hand at making Indian food for Padma. Needless to say, the Indian nacho was a no-go. Maybe she should have taken a page out of Nini’s book and called it a “naancho”?

At least Steph went out of her comfort zone. The guests at the Union Station were also privy to two crudos and two tartares (yawn). One of the tartares came from Melissa King, who gets a special shoutout from me this week because it turns out that homegirl is from Alhambra, which is right next to my own hometown. After that backstory about having to learn to be proud of being Chinese, I legitimately felt like a race traitor for not putting her first in my rankings. Her tartare also seemed pretty good, even if some misplaced peppers gave Tom’s mouth a bit of a burn. Speaking of incredible burns, the other tartare came from Brian Malarkey and was so extra that guest judge Ruth Reichl called it “the kind of showoff dish that a lot of people who hate restaurants hate about restaurants.” Oof.

But it turns out that Ruth Reichl reserved her most cutting remarks for Angelo, whose poor tuna apparently “died in vain.” In addition to producing an alternative pronunciation of “turmeric” so confidently said that I questioned the lines between TV and reality and reality TV, Angelo made a really sweet soup that the judges (and Jen Caroll, tbh) hated. Angelo packed his knives to face off against Joe Sasto in the season’s first Last Chance Kitchen episode, and poor sweet Angelo lost out there as well. Pour one out for Angelo. Pour one out for Jonathan Gold. And while we’re at it, pour one out for restaurants and especially restaurant workers.

Finishing off the toasts on a more uplifting note: this week’s Elimination Challenge winner goes to Kevin Gillespie for making a delicious looking little pork ball (guys I know so much about food) topped with “Granny’s” apple butter, which Ruth Reichl implored him to bottle and sell. A feel-good win, especially after that heart-tugging backstory about his recent bout with cancer. When Kevin said “I’m here to prove that I’m still alive,” I knew he was either going home or winning the challenge. I, like everyone else who ranked him in their top 8, am glad it was the latter.

/- Janet

About the Author: Janet Xu is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of Culinary Anthropology at Princeton University’s Gusteau Institute. Her research focuses on the intercultural perceptions of the differences between soups and sauces. She recently published an Op-Ed in the New York Times arguing that cereal is, in fact, soup. In her free time, Janet measures the amount of air included in different bags of chips.

Highlights From Around the League

Send me pics and highlights (cooking and personal) to include in next week’s edition. In other words, send noods!

Chris and Katya got a shout-out from Padma on Twitter, which is cool. But where are the pics of the actual stew, guys? What the fuck!

Not to be a one-upper, but Janet and Eugene got a pity Instagram like from Tom last Halloween after they creepily dressed up as him and erstwhile Last Chance Kitchen sponsor Hidden Valley Ranch®. Affirm us, Tom! Pour one out for Hidden Valley Ranch, who’s been usurped by BMW this season.

Claire made a delicious banana bread last week. And big ups to the mysterious goop in the red tupperware, the rhythm instrument to the banana bread’s lead guitar. We see you, goop!

For his homework, Eugene had to identify “ships” in some satellite images. That sure doesn’t look like a ship!

Sarah made some awesome dumplings, but more importantly, check out the coaster. I fucking love projections.

Stephen’s been doing his part to singlehandedly keep the Genesee Brewing Company in business. Who needs a bail-out bill when you’ve got friends like these?

Gracie made a v tasty Burmese chicken noodle dish called /reads notes/ pasta carbonara. White sauce strikes again!

Jackie broke quarantine to go join the fools on the beach in Florida. Shame, Jackie, shame!

Emily made some tasty ’dillas. She tells me the thumb was the best part!

Lastly, Natasha baked two foccacia breads: one with cherry tomatoes & garlic and one with baby freshwater eels! Even stranger than the eels, though, is her pronunciation of foccacia. “foh-coh-shyuh”? come on!

Like all Asian men on Twitter, Eugene is trying to grow facial hair for the first time. Here’s a ~15 day update. In the words of his good friend Milo, who’s on a similar endeavor:

Current Standings

After 2 weeks, here are the current standings. This counts everyone’s earned Episode Scores and projects Ranking Scores based on who’s been eliminated.

Current Standing	Team	Members	Projected Final Score	Total Episode Points	Final Ranking Points Lost	Scaled Episode Points	Scaled Final Ranking Points
1st	Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	0.85	67	4	0.70	1.00
2nd	Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	0.78	83	11	1.00	0.56
3rd	Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	0.78	70	7	0.75	0.81
4th	The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	0.60	81	16	0.96	0.25
5th	Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	0.60	80	16	0.94	0.25
6th	It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	0.60	71	13	0.77	0.44
7th	High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	0.57	74	15	0.83	0.31
8th	Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	0.57	54	9	0.45	0.69
9th	Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	0.56	83	18	1.00	0.12
10th	Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	0.55	78	17	0.91	0.19
11th	Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	0.54	74	16	0.83	0.25
12th	Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	0.50	69	16	0.74	0.25
13th	Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	0.50	63	14	0.62	0.38
14th	G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	0.50	36	6	0.11	0.88
15th	Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	0.49	62	14	0.60	0.38
16th	Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	0.44	67	17	0.70	0.19
17th	Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	0.37	69	20	0.74	0.00
18th	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	0.37	63	18	0.62	0.12
19th	Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	0.37	46	13	0.30	0.44
20th	The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	0.29	54	18	0.45	0.12
21st	NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	0.25	30	12	0.00	0.50
22nd	Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	0.24	42	16	0.23	0.25
23rd	Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	0.24	35	14	0.09	0.38
24th	Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	0.08	35	19	0.09	0.06

Quickfire

There was no Quickfire this week! What a concept!

Elimination Challenge

Winner: Kevin!

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Honorable Mentions: Bryan and Nini were runners-up.

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Eliminated: Angelo

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Winning Dishes

Losing Dish

Episode Score

The top 3 scorers in points for this episode are Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu), Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven), and High Steaks (Emma Dries).

Here are the overall standings in Episode Score after the second episode.

Ranking Score

We won’t know the final Ranking Scores until the season is over, but we can get a sense of how people are doing based on where they ranked contestants that have already been eliminated (notwithstanding possible Last Chance Kitchen comebacks).

Here’s where things stand currently.

Team Breakdowns

Lastly, here’s a look at how everyone’s team is doing after Week 2.

Team	Members	First Place	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Last Place
Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Jamie Lynch	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Stephanie Cmar	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz
Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes
Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll
Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa
Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto
G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Brian Malarkey
High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes
Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey
It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	Joe Sasto	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll
Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Kevin Gillespie	Jamie Lynch
Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey	Jennifer Carroll
NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes	Stephanie Cmar	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey
Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Eric Adjepong	Joe Sasto	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes
Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Kevin Gillespie	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Jamie Lynch	Melissa King
Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Angelo Sosa	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey
Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Stephanie Cmar	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie
The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen
The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes
Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll
Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Jamie Lynch	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie
Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	Jennifer Carroll	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes

Week 3 Recap

The chefs kicked off this week with a fried rice challenge guest starring Ali Wong and Randall Park, who were presumably there to promote their late 2019 Netflix film Always Be My Maybe. After being disappointed by almost every Netflix Original I’ve ever seen, I some time ago instituted a personal rule to never watch a Netflix Original unless it’s been recommended to me by at least 10 different people (you may find this stupid, but consider that you spent an evening watching Birdbox and I did not). I broke that rule last fall to watch Always Be My Maybe, because Asian-American solidarity, and it was boring, cliche, and saccharine, proving me right once again. It was, however, our boring, cliche, and saccharine movie, and that really meant a lot to /gestures to myself and other Asians/. The truest sign of cultural representation, in my mind, is not to have Parasite winning a bunch of praise and Oscars, but to have a steady supply of mediocre out there, and between this and Crazy Rich Asians, we’re getting there, baby!

Speaking of Asian-American solidarity, not a single Asian chef placed on top in the fried rice Quickfire! Shame level readings (if you’re into that kind of thing) are off the charts right now. Notable dishes include Eric’s only-sounds-good-because-we-know-it-worked-out PB&J fried rice and Nini’s ehhh-not-sure-about-that-one watermelon fried rice. Big ups to Karen as well for nailing the nasi goreng with Hot Cheetos. She may not have won the Quickfire, but she deserves special praise for performing well despite the, um, weird (read: stupid) week for her name.

For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs Zoomed off in their BMW N95s to GoToAMeeting at the Getty Museum. They had split up into Microsoft-Teams-of-3 so they could feed a veritable Houseparty of notable chefs, who would repay their efforts with useful, actionable feedback like “it’s just fish and sauce.” There, they got some FaceTime with Van Gogh and Rembrandt, from whom they hoped to draw inspiration for their dishes. Notably, they also got to Hangout on the Getty Center Tram (shout-out to all the train boys reading). Bryan, rocking his Bluejeans, squeaked and Skyped his way through the whole museum, letting everyone know the bottoms of his sneakers were moist. Cisco WebEx.

Melissa won the week with a just beautiful-looking lobster wonton dish, which I really have nothing to say about because it looked amazing (would eat). Jamie went home for fucking up chicken breasts again, and then he really went home when he went down to Joe Sasto (classic full name only guy) in Last Kance Chicken. The real story here is less about Jamie’s inability to learn how to cook chicken on TV in the three years since he went home for making bad chicken on Season 14 and more about his inability to choose the right part of the chicken to cook.

Parts of the chicken, ranked:

Oyster
Egg
Thigh
Wing flat
Drumstick
Liver
Heart
Wing drumette
Feet
Neck
Wing tip
Beak

[…]

99-or-maybe-higher. Breast

Stray Observations (credit to AV Club TV recaps):

Bryan: big wife guy!
Remember grocery shopping with such abandon? I long for the simple pleasures of touching some produce and then putting it back on the shelf.
Eric kept pronouncing Neoclassicism as “Neoclassism,” which sounds like the title of an out-of-touch Atlantic article to which the entire twitterati responds “but classism isn’t dead!”
Jamie told Tom that he wanted to impart “depth through flavor” in his Elimination Challenge dish, which didn’t mean anything to me at the time but in hindsight seems to have meant “forget to serve the jus.”
After years of seeing “she only cooks Asian” bullshit on the show (poor Beverly was ahead of her time), it’s been nice to see Top Chef and its contestants really leaning into Asian cuisine the past few years. This season has been all about identity, specifically my identity.

Highlights From Around the League

Send me pics and highlights (cooking and personal) to include in next week’s edition. In other words, send noods!

Ina Garten is not in the league (though she should be), but she brought us some quarantine cheer by going full Cougar Town on Twitter. I love that for her!

For his Zoom background, Eugene plagiarized a much funnier person from Twitter’s idea. He also watched several hours of Maangchi YouTube videos and made her kimchi jjigae recipe.

Natasha knit a sweater, and it’s very cool! Considering most of her hand is in the frame, however, she is still very bad at taking selfies.

In Public Finance class, Stephen asked the professor an important question about our assignment.

Maddy made a delicious challah bread, which, judging from the photo, is anywhere between 6 inches and 3 feet long.

Tiffany made a single beautifully poached egg, and also some blurry hummus.

Like all Asian men on Twitter, Eugene is trying to grow facial hair for the first time. Here’s a ~22 day update. Looking worse by the day!

Current Standings

After 3 weeks, here are the current standings. This counts everyone’s earned Episode Scores and projects Ranking Scores based on who’s been eliminated.

Current Standing	Team	Members	Projected Final Score	Total Episode Points	Final Ranking Points Lost	Scaled Episode Points	Scaled Final Ranking Points
1st	Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	0.79	127	12	0.95	0.63
2nd	It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	0.68	116	13	0.78	0.58
3rd	Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	0.68	99	8	0.52	0.84
4th	Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	0.68	89	5	0.37	1.00
5th	The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	0.60	130	20	1.00	0.21
6th	Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	0.50	109	18	0.68	0.32
7th	High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	0.48	111	19	0.71	0.26
8th	Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	0.46	112	20	0.72	0.21
9th	Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	0.46	95	15	0.46	0.47
10th	G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	0.46	70	8	0.08	0.84
11th	Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	0.44	71	9	0.09	0.79
12th	Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	0.43	93	16	0.43	0.42
13th	Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	0.41	108	21	0.66	0.16
14th	Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	0.41	94	17	0.45	0.37
15th	Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	0.40	101	19	0.55	0.26
16th	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	0.40	101	19	0.55	0.26
17th	Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	0.36	101	21	0.55	0.16
18th	Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	0.36	91	18	0.40	0.32
19th	The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	0.34	92	19	0.42	0.26
20th	Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	0.34	75	14	0.15	0.53
21st	NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	0.33	70	13	0.08	0.58
22nd	Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	0.27	79	18	0.22	0.32
23rd	Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	0.26	65	14	0.00	0.53
24th	Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	0.00	65	24	0.00	0.00

Quickfire

Winner: Kevin again!

🔥 🏆

Honorable Mentions: Eric and Karen

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Winning Dishes

Elimination Challenge

Winner: Melissa!

👩‍🍳 🏆

Honorable Mentions: Bryan, Brian, and Eric were runners-up.

👩‍🍳 🥈

Eliminated: Jamie

☠️

Winning Dishes

Losing Dish

Episode Score

The top 3 scorers in points for this episode are The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff), It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser), and Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu).

Here are the overall standings in Episode Score after the third episode.

Ranking Score

We won’t know the final Ranking Scores until the season is over, but we can get a sense of how people are doing based on where they ranked contestants that have already been eliminated (notwithstanding possible Last Chance Kitchen comebacks).

Here’s where things stand currently.

Team Breakdowns

Lastly, here’s a look at how everyone’s team is doing after Week 3.

Team	Members	First Place	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Last Place
Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Jamie Lynch	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Stephanie Cmar	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz
Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes
Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll
Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa
Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto
G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Brian Malarkey
High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes
Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey
It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	Joe Sasto	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll
Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Kevin Gillespie	Jamie Lynch
Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey	Jennifer Carroll
NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes	Stephanie Cmar	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey
Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Eric Adjepong	Joe Sasto	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes
Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Kevin Gillespie	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Jamie Lynch	Melissa King
Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Angelo Sosa	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey
Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Stephanie Cmar	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie
The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen
The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes
Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll
Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Jamie Lynch	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie
Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	Jennifer Carroll	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes

Week 4 Recap

They really laid it on thick with the spon-con this week, folks.

Our favorite reality cooking show brought on famous voice actor Kelly Clarkson to promote the postponed-but-thankfully-not-canceled early Oscar-contender film Trolls World Tour, which, in our pre-‘Roni reality, had been scheduled to premiere only 60 minutes following the conclusion of this episode, giving me, as it happens, just enough time to gun it from my apartment in Philly - against all my city planning trainboi ideals - to Times Square, where I could park on a sidewalk using a parking placard I printed at home before settling into my favorite seat at AMC Empire 25 with a bucket of Old Bay crawfish from Bubba Gump Shrimp Company in my lap to catch the midnight showing of Trolls World Tour (ft. Kelly Clarkson), during the previews for which I would daydream about those sequences in TV shows where someone who normally responds “oooo that’s got a bit of a kick to it!” to chipotle aioli visits Miami for a conference / cruise (canceled!) and befriends an attractive
Cuban person who says “Let me show you the real Mee-Ah-Mee” and introduces the out-of-place-and-initially-resistant-but-ultimately-down-because-it’s-Mee-Ah-Mee protagonist to plantains and dancing without the lights on for the first time every night from Monday to Wednesday before he or she needs to go back to looking like Strong Sad (inset, right) in the lame not-Mee-Ah-Mee from whence they came, except in my re-imagining of such the repressed protagonist would actually be my 10 closest friends, and I would be the sexy Cuban, and I’d say “Let me show youse the real New Yawk” before taking, again, my 10 closest friends in life, to the midnight premier of Trolls World Tour where we could sink into the movie like a bath, learn once and for all if it’s the Trolls taking a tour of our world or if it’s us taking a tour of the Trolls’ world (voyeuristic in either case), and slam some Old Bay crawfish with Gregory and Nini, the former of whom, by way of winning the Quickfire (by definition a minimal effort), won the honor, which he and his plus-one, Nini, failed to appropriately appreciate, and the loss of which, per Corona, they have insufficiently lamented on social media, of attending the premier, whereas I, by dint of being merely an un-famous (if not infamous) lifelong Trolls et al. fan, had to contrive, connive, and sleep my way into earning just one elusive ticket, the barcode for which, for those of you who don’t know, I’d tattoo’d Memento-style once across my chest out of fear of losing said ticket and then once more in mirror image across my forehead, because I’m not positive how barcodes and mirrors work, but now that Coronavirus has canceled the premier, I see that all my efforts have been for naught, and it is instead I who is Strong Sad (inset, upper right), doomed to forever walk the Earth like Atlas bearing the cross that is the Trolls World Tour premier: passed, but never seen.

Stray Observations:

Seriously, I’ve never seen the contestants look so bored during a sponsored segment. They can usually muster some enthusiasm about loading their Whole Foods™ groceries into their new BMWs™ so they can add Hidden Valley Ranch Seasoning™ to their food, but Trolls got nothing, even with Kelly doing her best.
Speaking of Kelly, did anyone else get the sense that Trolls World Tour is more than just a paycheck for her? She really fucking loves it, and, having seen From Justin to Kelly, I know she is not a good enough actress to have faked it.
Malarkey revealed that his daughter’s name is Sailor before he tried and failed to make a curry ice cream during the Quickfire, which sounds like it was written by an algorithm but in fact actually happened.
Voltaggio continued his trend of making tasty dishes that I simply never want to eat. “Sprouted legumes”, my guy? Word?
Eric, on lying:
- Jen: Did you turn this up? Why is my sauce so hot and horribly burnt?
- Eric: Nuh-uh, not me, I didn’t touch it. Actually, if anything, I turned it off. But no, I didn’t touch it.
- Also Eric:
Melissa’s signature move is rapidly becoming little dots of oil colored by some aromatic, and it’s really doing a lot for me.
Not much to say about Lisa’s dish, which she kept insisting was “rustic.” I suppose this could be true to the extent that many disastrous Thanksgiving brussels sprouts could probably also be described as rustic (but also bad).
That said, feels like Lee Anne may have gotten off easy here, considering she made underseasoned hummus and raw vegetables. But hey, at least we got our first hint of drama this week!
Tom’s fixation on the “progression” of the meal made it clear that he’s one of those intramural soccer captains who talks about “good losses” and “baby steps” after getting spanked by Eleven Madison Park because they “had some really good movement in the first half even if we didn’t score.”
Speaking of sponcon, check out this subtle effort from Jen for Metro by T-Mobile™.
Last note on Kelly: really big texture person! She docked Voltaggio’s dish for its mushiness, and, as someone who cares a lot about mouthfeel, I’m glad she spoke her truth. Yet more evidence that this season is about my identity.
- On this topic: actually, guacamole and hummus are bad.

Highlights From Around the League

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Janet made a banana bread recipe, but she substituted a springform for the loaf pan, yielding this high surface area banana pancake.

Emma whipped up this Melissa Clark (v underappreciated, imo!) chicken dish. Note the shine on the bottom right of the plate - oil spatter or one greasy hand?

Eugene and Janet burnt their hands on hot potatoes and made some gnocchi. Love to live an idiom IRL!

Tobin made a delicious egg, steak, rice, and spinach bowl and put it on a plate. Love the streak of sambal oelek on the side - classic chef move.

Like all Asian men on Twitter, Tobin is trying to grow facial hair for the first time. Here’s an update from our guy.

Like all Asian men on Twitter, Eugene is trying to grow facial hair for the first time. Here’s a ~29 day update. Looking bad!

Current Standings

After 4 weeks, here are the current standings. This counts everyone’s earned Episode Scores and projects Ranking Scores based on who’s been eliminated.

Current Standing	Team	Members	Projected Final Score	Total Episode Points	Final Ranking Points Lost	Scaled Episode Points	Scaled Final Ranking Points
1st	It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	0.86	178	13	0.89	0.84
2nd	Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	0.82	176	15	0.87	0.76
3rd	Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	0.69	129	9	0.38	1.00
4th	The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	0.68	188	25	1.00	0.36
5th	Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	0.62	124	11	0.33	0.92
6th	Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	0.59	137	16	0.46	0.72
7th	Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	0.58	140	17	0.49	0.68
8th	Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	0.56	154	22	0.64	0.48
9th	Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	0.54	155	23	0.65	0.44
10th	High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	0.54	151	22	0.61	0.48
11th	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	0.52	146	22	0.56	0.48
12th	Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	0.52	98	9	0.05	1.00
13th	Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	0.50	139	21	0.48	0.52
14th	Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	0.50	131	19	0.40	0.60
15th	Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	0.50	126	18	0.35	0.64
16th	G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	0.46	124	19	0.33	0.60
17th	NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	0.46	105	14	0.13	0.80
18th	The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	0.44	131	22	0.40	0.48
19th	Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	0.43	98	14	0.05	0.80
20th	Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	0.42	104	16	0.12	0.72
21st	Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	0.39	110	19	0.18	0.60
22nd	Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	0.34	108	21	0.16	0.52
23rd	Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	0.31	136	30	0.45	0.16
24th	Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	0.00	93	34	0.00	0.00

Quickfire

Winner: Gregory!

🔥 🏆

Honorable Mentions: Karen and Lisa

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Winning Dishes

Elimination Challenge

Winner: Melissa again!

👩‍🍳 🏆

Honorable Mentions: Kevin, Gregory, Karen, Jen, Eric

👩‍🍳 🥈

Eliminated: Lisa

☠️

Winning Dishes

Losing Dish

Episode Score

The top 3 scorers in points for this episode are It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser), The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff), and G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow).

Here are the overall standings in Episode Score after the fourth episode.

Ranking Score

We won’t know the final Ranking Scores until the season is over, but we can get a sense of how people are doing based on where they ranked contestants that have already been eliminated (notwithstanding possible Last Chance Kitchen comebacks).

Here’s where things stand currently.

Team Breakdowns

Lastly, here’s a look at how everyone’s team is doing after Week 4.

Team	Members	First Place	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Last Place
Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Jamie Lynch	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Stephanie Cmar	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz
Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes
Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll
Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa
Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto
G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Brian Malarkey
High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes
Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey
It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	Joe Sasto	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll
Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Kevin Gillespie	Jamie Lynch
Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey	Jennifer Carroll
NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes	Stephanie Cmar	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey
Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Eric Adjepong	Joe Sasto	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes
Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Kevin Gillespie	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Jamie Lynch	Melissa King
Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Angelo Sosa	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey
Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Stephanie Cmar	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie
The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen
The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes
Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll
Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Jamie Lynch	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie
Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	Jennifer Carroll	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes

Week 5 Recap

This week’s recap is a guest post from my erstwhile roommate, Emma Dries! I actually owe quite a bit to Emma for expanding my culinary education. As an Asian person lacking in certain enzymes - trying to shoehorn something about being Asian every week - cheese had never really registered on my food radar, let alone been a major part of my diet. This changed when I moved in with Emma and we went to Ikea, where she insisted, “Yes, we really do need a box grater that big.” As it turns out, white people really do eat that much cheese. Thanks to Emma, now I know.

Quickfire

The quickfire this week is sponsored by Metro PCS, which is honestly a major upgrade from the nightmare of Trollspocalypse (though will we ever get a guest judge as cloyingly uplifting as Kelly Clarkson?). The cheftestants enter the kitchen to a bunch of ringing cellphones. On the other line: mothers, siblings, spouses (Ed. Note: should the plural of spouse not be “spice”?). It would appear as though these chefs have been gone for years, rather than weeks, since everyone has apparently forgotten the sound of their loved ones’ voices (“You don’t recognize your own mother’s voice?” “No,” responds Nini, savagely). In Kevin’s words, “The Top Chef kitchen looks very similar to the streets of Manhattan, a bunch of lunatics running around with headphones in their ears, screaming to someone no one else can see.” Sick burn, Kev!

The producers managed to turn the soul crushing nature of spon into an actually interesting challenge: each of the cheftestant’s family members or friends must describe a dish they have just been served at Nancy Silverton’s flagship restaurant, Mozza (Ed. Note: see inset, right).

The chef who recreates the dish best — in this case, Kevin, for his execution of a porkchop with braised beans — wins. Bryan Voltaggio comes in last, all thanks to his sister — the heretofore absent from the Top Chef Universe THIRD Voltaggio sibling — Staci, who leads him into misidentifying hamachi as branzino. Staci’s a pastry chef; don’t expect her to know her fish! Much like the third Hemsworth, you can’t help but feel a little bad for Staci, though in this case not for her relative lack of notoriety, but mostly for having to grow up in that competitive clusterfuck of a family. Unfortunately, while Michael Voltaggio (the hotter, douchier brother) has major himbo energy, all data points to him being an obnoxiously good chef. (This digression reminds me that I used the word himbo to describe the male lover in this poem while teaching my undergrads today. Love to mold young minds)

Moving on….

This episode could be renamed “Battle of the Wife Guys.” Wife guys, ranked:

Kevin “my wife is an incredible communicator” Gillespie. That communication was on clear display with his quickfire win. More than once Kevin also refers to his wife as an “Attorney” rather than a “Lawyer” (is there a difference? This question sent me down a long and ultimately inconclusive internet rabbit hole), making it clear that he knows she’s Hot Shit and wants us to know it, too.
Eric Adjepong ranks a very close second for his vocal appreciation of his wife’s bod (“Janelle walks in with her fine ass”), coupled with his very smooth choice to spend a sliver of his $600 Whole Foods budget on flowers. Looks like Eric’s keyed into his wife’s love languages. We are required to stan.
Brian Malarkey unsurprisingly comes in dead last for the lifeless eyes of the woman who seems to be asking herself, every second of this episode, how she ended up in this situation (and by situation, I mean marriage). If we were still in the business of feeling sorry for the wife of a narcissistic psychopath (tbt 2017), we might call these “Melania Eyes.” Malarkey blames his wife for misstep in his dish and calls the experience a “fun marriage counseling session.” At least someone thinks they were having fun. Somehow Brian Malarkey is only the second most unpleasant man in a fedora I’ve been cursed with laying eyes on today.

Elimination challenge

While the quickfire began with a very topical/appropriate mode of social distancing between the cheftestants and their loved ones (*dons tinfoil hat* what’s the conspiracy here? Did Bravo know?), that is brushed off to the side for the elimination challenge, during which each family member or friend is brought on as sous chef (*removes tinfoil hat*). The chefs are tasked with conceptualizing a specialty product. They are then asked to pair said product with a dish to serve at the Century City mall where once, during a summer internship at ICM, a film agent made me leave work first thing in the morning, run across the street to Zara’s semiannual sale, and buy her everything I could find on the rack in her size (00). Why wasn’t there some delicious mapo tofu or pikliz or calamari bolognese for me to sample on that hot, miserable July morning??

Guests are given one ticket to spent on a product to take home and the chef with the most tickets at the end is safe from elimination. Melissa, on a continued excellence streak, sells over 30 bottles of her peach kimchi vinagrette, which I would happily drink by the quart. Nancy Silverton officially comes on as Guest Judge for this challenge (if you haven’t watched her Chef’s Table episode, do it! But not on an empty stomach). Ultimately, Gregory, Nini and Eric end up on top, with Gregory (and his mom!) clinching the challenge win for his Haitian Creole chicken and pikliz.

Malarkey (poetic justice), Jen, and Stephanie end up on the bottom for a greasy relish, a poorly-textured ginger sauce, and an uninspired chili base, respectively. Jen gets the boot, which bums me out. Jen is the rare example of a Top Chef alum who seems to have grown as both a person and a chef, though I did find her most notorious past moment — eyerolling the judges during a particularly rough judges table in season 6 — kind of iconic. I’ve got my fingers crossed for Jen in LCK, but if she loses that (Ed. Note: she does, RIP), I’m sure we’ll see her again anyway soon. As she says, “hey, I’m from Philly — Rocky keeps coming back,” which I’ll just go out on a limb and say is a reference to the multimillion dollar film franchise.

Stray observations:

Lemons at whole Foods are 69 cents… nice
Lee Anne’s mom gets heat stroke in kitchen and needs to go and rest, but in a very sweet moment of camraderie, everyone else chips in to help her with the rest of prep. Strange parallels to Season 15, where Lee Anne needed to leave the competition early after getting altitude sickness during one of the season’s most iconic challenges . Girl cannot catch a break!
Jen Carroll’s sauce, “Sunny Ginger Lemon Love,” sounds like the names of the four children born to antivax influencers living in Calabasas.
When listing what’s at their place setting, Jen’s sister responds “one wine glass—“ “I don’t need to know anything about what you’re drinking,” Jen says, interrupting, but I’d just like to state that if I were there, I’d love for her to tell me exactly what she was drinking.

/- Emma

About the Author: Emma Dries is a writer and food-lover based out of Baltimore. She is best known for the work she has published as the voice behind the Steak-umm corporate Twitter account, which has become famous for serving as an unlikely but essential voice of reason in this era of disinformation and grift. @Steak-umm first reached out to Emma regarding the position after she tweeted a selfie of herself eating a cheesesteak with the caption “puttin’ the mommy in umami”. Still trying to make “mommy” happen!

Highlights From Around the League

A bit light on content this week, folks. Send more pics so this doesn’t become my personal quarantine photo blog even more than it already is!

Eugene had a celebrity Twitter encounter this week when Maangchi, everyone’s internet 엄마 (this means “mommy”), quote-tweeted him. To celebrate, he made Korean garlic chicken, which looked remarkably similar to Panda Express orange chicken.

Eugene has a “namefellow” in Houston who’s very bad at using the internet. I once received receipts for thousands of dollars of electronics billed to him after someone stole his identity (or so he claimed over the phone). It seems that quarantine has been getting to Houston-Eugene-Chong (or his identity thief), as I’ve recently started receiving emails from the service below.

Divya made a delicious bun! She tells me it is filled with pork, but Kyrie Irving once told me to question everything, so until I see the inside of it, I am skeptical.

Like all Asian men on Twitter, Eugene is trying to grow facial hair for the first time. Here’s a ~36 day update. Looks like shit!

Current Standings

After 5 weeks, here are the current standings. This counts everyone’s earned Episode Scores and projects Ranking Scores based on who’s been eliminated.

Current Standing	Team	Members	Projected Final Score	Total Episode Points	Final Ranking Points Lost	Scaled Episode Points	Scaled Final Ranking Points
1st	Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	0.86	231	17	0.90	0.81
2nd	It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	0.81	235	20	0.93	0.69
3rd	The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	0.73	245	26	1.00	0.46
4th	Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	0.72	164	12	0.45	1.00
5th	Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	0.70	180	16	0.56	0.85
6th	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	0.62	188	22	0.61	0.62
7th	Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	0.59	130	13	0.22	0.96
8th	Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	0.58	195	25	0.66	0.50
9th	High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	0.57	198	26	0.68	0.46
10th	Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	0.57	174	22	0.52	0.62
11th	Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	0.56	189	25	0.62	0.50
12th	Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	0.55	173	23	0.51	0.58
13th	The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	0.54	165	22	0.46	0.62
14th	Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	0.54	161	21	0.43	0.65
15th	NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	0.52	130	17	0.22	0.81
16th	Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	0.51	146	20	0.33	0.69
17th	Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	0.50	152	22	0.37	0.62
18th	G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	0.47	163	25	0.44	0.50
19th	Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	0.46	171	27	0.50	0.42
20th	Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	0.44	194	32	0.65	0.23
21st	Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	0.41	128	22	0.20	0.62
22nd	Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	0.37	184	34	0.59	0.15
23rd	Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	0.33	115	24	0.12	0.54
24th	Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	0.00	98	38	0.00	0.00

Quickfire

Winner: Kevin!

🔥 🏆

Honorable Mentions: Lee Anne and Melissa

🔥 🥈

Winning Dishes

Elimination Challenge

Winner: Gregory!

👩‍🍳 🏆

Honorable Mentions: Nini and Eric

👩‍🍳 🥈

Eliminated: Jen

☠️

Winning Dishes

Losing Dish

Episode Score

The top 3 scorers in points for this episode are The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff), It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser), and Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu).

Here are the overall standings in Episode Score after the fifth episode.

Ranking Score

We won’t know the final Ranking Scores until the season is over, but we can get a sense of how people are doing based on where they ranked contestants that have already been eliminated (notwithstanding possible Last Chance Kitchen comebacks).

Here’s where things stand currently.

Team Breakdowns

Lastly, here’s a look at how everyone’s team is doing after Week 5.

Team	Members	First Place	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Last Place
Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Jamie Lynch	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Stephanie Cmar	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz
Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes
Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll
Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa
Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto
G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Brian Malarkey
High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes
Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey
It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	Joe Sasto	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll
Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Kevin Gillespie	Jamie Lynch
Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey	Jennifer Carroll
NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes	Stephanie Cmar	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey
Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Eric Adjepong	Joe Sasto	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes
Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Kevin Gillespie	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Jamie Lynch	Melissa King
Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Angelo Sosa	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey
Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Stephanie Cmar	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie
The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen
The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes
Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll
Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Jamie Lynch	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie
Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	Jennifer Carroll	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes

Week 6 Recap

A special guest recap by Gracie!

The episode opens with Nini and Brian Malarkey talking about their love of crystals. “Malarkey loves crystals” Nini says, apparently not realizing the irony. Melissa gets involved, appearing to tie a piece of jade around her neck, before our contestants head out to their Quickfire Challenge.

At the Quickfire challenge we learn our guest judge will be none other than Chris Bianco! Never heard of him? Me neither, but his voice sounds exactly like Don Corleone, which makes me take to him immediately. He introduces himself which a quick backing joke – you learn things and you burn things – and then our Quickfire gets underway. This week’s Quickfire seems appropriate to these coronavirus times when All-Purpose flour seems to be sold out everywhere… the contestants have to showcase a flour that’s not AP. There’s no immunity this week, but the winner will get $5,000 – “that’s a lot of dough” Padma says – nobody laughs. Malarkey finally succeeds in making ice cream, Steph is worried her blue corn gnocchi will “explode into a pile of blue poop,” but ultimately it’s Gregory that wins with Quickfire with his tapioca flour pancake.

Next up we find out about the elimination challenge – it will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the LA philharmonic (LA existed 100 years ago?), and will require the chefs to work in pairs to “find harmony” between two of the five tastes – sweet/salty/sour/bitter/umami. The chefs draw knives and pair up. Nini and Karen immediately jump for each other, everyone else pairs off, and Lee Anne and Malarkey are left… uh oh. After a quick visit to the “iconic Disney concert hall” (wonder if it leaks as much as Gehry’s other buildings”) we cut to the teams riding across town to Whole Foods, everyone excitedly discussing their plans for the food, except Lee Anne and Malarkey – they sit in awkward silence.

Once at Whole Foods Lee Anne immediately reveals herself as the villain of the episode – she asks a Whole Foods worker where the ahnn-deve is. He corrects her pronunciation – En-DIVE? he says – over there. Lee Anne proceeds to continue calling in ahnn-deve, much to my annoyance. Groceries in hand, the teams head over to Otium to get cooking.

Side note: did anyone else get a commercial for dry shampoo at this point on bravo.com which touted the benefits of dry shampoo in a water shortage? Guess we’re at the profiteering stage of the climate crisis.

The chefs cook – Lee Anne and Malarkey continue to argue. Everyone’s food seem good, but some highlight their two tastes better than other. Fast forward to judges table – in a surprise twist the team that hates each other – Lee Anne and Malarkey are in the top two, while the dynamic duo that jumped for each other – Karen and Nini - are eliminated. They appear defeated and want nothing more than to go home for a nap – but no, Tom says, the fun has just begun, their chance at Last Chance Kitchen starts now! Duh duh duh.

After about 10 confessionals where she’s just repeating “I am so tired”, Karen edges out Nini in Last Chance Kitchen and returns to the show.

Current Standings

After 6 weeks, here are the current standings. This counts everyone’s earned Episode Scores and projects Ranking Scores based on who’s been eliminated.

Current Standing	Team	Members	Projected Final Score	Total Episode Points	Final Ranking Points Lost	Scaled Episode Points	Scaled Final Ranking Points
1st	It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	0.78	305	24	0.97	0.60
2nd	Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	0.76	294	24	0.91	0.60
3rd	Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	0.70	198	14	0.40	1.00
4th	The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	0.66	311	31	1.00	0.32
5th	Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	0.62	221	21	0.52	0.72
6th	Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	0.60	243	25	0.64	0.56
7th	Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	0.57	150	14	0.15	1.00
8th	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	0.55	232	26	0.58	0.52
9th	Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	0.52	207	24	0.45	0.60
10th	Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	0.50	233	29	0.59	0.40
11th	The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	0.50	205	25	0.44	0.56
12th	Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	0.48	211	27	0.47	0.48
13th	NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	0.48	161	20	0.21	0.76
14th	High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	0.44	248	34	0.67	0.20
15th	Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	0.44	213	29	0.48	0.40
16th	Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	0.42	191	27	0.37	0.48
17th	Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	0.42	189	27	0.35	0.48
18th	Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	0.40	241	35	0.63	0.16
19th	Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	0.40	181	27	0.31	0.48
20th	Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	0.37	232	35	0.58	0.16
21st	G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	0.34	203	33	0.43	0.24
22nd	Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	0.32	155	27	0.17	0.48
23rd	Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	0.26	137	28	0.08	0.44
24th	Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	0.00	122	39	0.00	0.00

Quickfire

Winner: Gregory!

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Honorable Mentions: Nini and Melissa

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Winning Dishes

Elimination Challenge

Winner: Melissa and Kevin

👨‍🍳 🏆

Honorable Mentions: Lee Anne and Malarkey

👨‍🍳 🥈

Eliminated: Nini

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Winning Dishes

Losing Dish

Episode Score

The top 3 scorers in points for this episode are It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser), The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff), and Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu).

Here are the overall standings in Episode Score after the Week 6.

Ranking Score

We won’t know the final Ranking Scores until the season is over, but we can get a sense of how people are doing based on where they ranked contestants that have already been eliminated (notwithstanding possible Last Chance Kitchen comebacks).

Here’s where things stand currently.

Team Breakdowns

Lastly, here’s a look at how everyone’s team is doing after Week 6.

Team	Members	First Place	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Last Place
Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Jamie Lynch	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Stephanie Cmar	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz
Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes
Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll
Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa
Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto
G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Brian Malarkey
High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes
Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey
It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	Joe Sasto	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll
Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Kevin Gillespie	Jamie Lynch
Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey	Jennifer Carroll
NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes	Stephanie Cmar	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey
Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Eric Adjepong	Joe Sasto	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes
Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Kevin Gillespie	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Jamie Lynch	Melissa King
Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Angelo Sosa	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey
Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Stephanie Cmar	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie
The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen
The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes
Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll
Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Jamie Lynch	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie
Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	Jennifer Carroll	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes

Week 7 Recap

(courtesy of Janet)

This was the Shark Tank mash-up episode where the cheftestants had to pitch restaurant concepts. Some notable points: Steph wins a taco quickfire guest judged by Danny Trejo and gains immunity. She leans into this hard, sitting around the house pondering, “what is a moodboard?” while the rest of her competitors furiously gluestick paper cutouts to posters as if they were eighth-graders and not world-class professional chefs. She leans into this so hard that the Elimination Challenge guest judges (Stephanie Izard and some VC dude they probably got because they couldn’t actually get one of the Shark Tank people) joke that she should have just called her no-concept restaurant “Immunity”. Bryan Voltaggio, the fancy dad who managed to cut batonnets out of avocados in the quickfire challenge with only a machete, pitched an “everyday” and “casual” restaurant that would serve shellfish for about 50-65 bucks per meal. Malarkey successfully trolled the judges by proposing a Shrek-themed restaurant designed to “entice the Millennials”.

But alas, the most notable event was definitely Eric going home for his Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade inspired concept (again! That’s what he went home for in his original season), losing to Kevin’s Southern “spice trade inspired” restaurant and Gregory’s “elevated” Haitian menu. So… the judges decided that the rumination on slavery and diaspora was too “muddled” of a concept but the celebration of cuisines that slavery enabled are clear and palatable. I mean, you cannot make this sh*t up!

To be fair, Eric’s food did not great. Poor guy got in his head. His departure leaves Voltaggio and Kevin fighting for Top Wife Guy.

Current Standings

After 7 weeks, here are the current standings. This counts everyone’s earned Episode Scores and projects Ranking Scores based on who’s been eliminated.

Current Standing	Team	Members	Projected Final Score	Total Episode Points	Final Ranking Points Lost	Scaled Episode Points	Scaled Final Ranking Points
1st	It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	0.72	363	30	0.96	0.48
2nd	Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	0.72	266	18	0.53	0.90
3rd	Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	0.71	348	29	0.90	0.52
4th	The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	0.62	371	37	1.00	0.24
5th	Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	0.62	200	15	0.23	1.00
6th	Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	0.61	297	28	0.67	0.55
7th	Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	0.58	260	25	0.50	0.66
8th	Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	0.57	267	26	0.53	0.62
9th	The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	0.54	250	26	0.45	0.62
10th	Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	0.53	269	29	0.54	0.52
11th	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	0.51	269	30	0.54	0.48
12th	Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	0.50	295	34	0.66	0.34
13th	Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	0.46	290	36	0.64	0.28
14th	Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	0.38	283	39	0.60	0.17
15th	Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	0.38	231	33	0.37	0.38
16th	Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	0.37	259	37	0.50	0.24
17th	Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	0.37	228	33	0.36	0.38
18th	High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	0.35	288	42	0.63	0.07
19th	NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	0.34	178	28	0.13	0.55
20th	Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	0.31	215	35	0.30	0.31
21st	G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	0.29	232	38	0.37	0.21
22nd	Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	0.26	179	33	0.14	0.38
23rd	Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	0.17	156	35	0.03	0.31
24th	Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	0.00	149	44	0.00	0.00

Quickfire

Winner: Stephanie

🔥 🏆

Honorable Mentions: Lee Anne and Karen

🔥 🥈

Winning Dishes

Elimination Challenge

Winner: Gregory and Kevin

👨‍🍳 🏆

Honorable Mentions: Malarkey and Melissa

👩‍🍳 🥈

Eliminated: Eric

☠️

Winning Dishes

Losing Dishes

Episode Score

The top 3 scorers in points for this episode are Churn Up, Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi, and The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff).

Here are the overall standings in Episode Score after the Week 7.

Ranking Score

We won’t know the final Ranking Scores until the season is over, but we can get a sense of how people are doing based on where they ranked contestants that have already been eliminated (notwithstanding possible Last Chance Kitchen comebacks).

Here’s where things stand currently.

Team Breakdowns

Lastly, here’s a look at how everyone’s team is doing after Week 7.

Team	Members	First Place	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Last Place
Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Jamie Lynch	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Stephanie Cmar	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz
Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes
Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll
Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa
Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto
G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Brian Malarkey
High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes
Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey
It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	Joe Sasto	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll
Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Kevin Gillespie	Jamie Lynch
Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey	Jennifer Carroll
NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes	Stephanie Cmar	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey
Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Eric Adjepong	Joe Sasto	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes
Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Kevin Gillespie	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Jamie Lynch	Melissa King
Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Angelo Sosa	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey
Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Stephanie Cmar	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie
The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen
The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes
Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll
Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Jamie Lynch	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie
Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	Jennifer Carroll	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes

Week 8 Recap

(courtesy of Janet)

Restaurant Wars:

+1 Successful slave rebellion

-1 “Plantation South”

Kevin, the captain of Country Captain, goes down with his ship. (This makes Bryan Voltaggio Top Wife Guy by default)

Current Standings

After 8 weeks, here are the current standings. This counts everyone’s earned Episode Scores and projects Ranking Scores based on who’s been eliminated.

Current Standing	Team	Members	Projected Final Score	Total Episode Points	Final Ranking Points Lost	Scaled Episode Points	Scaled Final Ranking Points
1st	Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	0.78	332	19	0.64	0.93
2nd	It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	0.72	413	33	1.00	0.45
3rd	Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	0.67	382	32	0.86	0.48
4th	Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	0.67	264	17	0.34	1.00
5th	Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	0.62	335	29	0.65	0.59
6th	Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	0.54	313	31	0.56	0.52
7th	The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	0.53	405	43	0.96	0.10
8th	Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	0.53	319	32	0.58	0.48
9th	The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	0.52	311	32	0.55	0.48
10th	Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	0.50	313	33	0.56	0.45
11th	Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	0.45	345	40	0.70	0.21
12th	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	0.44	306	36	0.53	0.34
13th	Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	0.38	334	43	0.65	0.10
14th	Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	0.38	273	35	0.38	0.38
15th	Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	0.36	289	38	0.45	0.28
16th	Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	0.36	251	33	0.28	0.45
17th	NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	0.34	213	30	0.12	0.55
18th	High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	0.30	310	44	0.54	0.07
19th	Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	0.30	303	43	0.51	0.10
20th	Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	0.28	267	40	0.35	0.21
21st	G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	0.26	273	42	0.38	0.14
22nd	Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	0.14	203	40	0.07	0.21
23rd	Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	0.09	187	41	0.00	0.17
24th	Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	0.00	190	46	0.01	0.00

Restaurant Wars

Winner: Kann (Gregory, Malarkey, Lee Anne, and Stephanie)

👨‍🍳 🏆

Eliminated: Kevin

☠️

De Facto Top Wife Guy: Bryan Voltaggio

🙇‍♀️

Episode Score

The top 3 scorers in points for this episode are Churn Up, Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas), and The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon).

Here are the overall standings in Episode Score after the Week 8.

Ranking Score

We won’t know the final Ranking Scores until the season is over, but we can get a sense of how people are doing based on where they ranked contestants that have already been eliminated (notwithstanding possible Last Chance Kitchen comebacks).

Here’s where things stand currently.

Team Breakdowns

Lastly, here’s a look at how everyone’s team is doing after Week 8.

Team	Members	First Place	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Last Place
Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Jamie Lynch	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Stephanie Cmar	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz
Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes
Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll
Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa
Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto
G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Brian Malarkey
High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes
Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey
It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	Joe Sasto	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll
Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Kevin Gillespie	Jamie Lynch
Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey	Jennifer Carroll
NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes	Stephanie Cmar	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey
Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Eric Adjepong	Joe Sasto	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes
Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Kevin Gillespie	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Jamie Lynch	Melissa King
Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Angelo Sosa	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey
Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Stephanie Cmar	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie
The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen
The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes
Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll
Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Jamie Lynch	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie
Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	Jennifer Carroll	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes

Week 9 Recap

(courtesy of Janet)

The cheftestants go camping. They made beans and brunch for moms. It should come as no surprise that resident Top Wife Guy Bryan Voltaggio won over the moms this win. Gregory did well with a fruit salad (“bitches love fruit salad”, according to Karen), but Melissa almost went home for a sad salad (no one likes romaine, according to me). She got to stay because Lee Anne accidentally steamed her clafoutis, which sounds like an euphemism for catching an STD, especially when you consider that Lee Anne won the Quickfire involving Bush’s beans.

Current Standings

After 9 weeks, here are the current standings. This counts everyone’s earned Episode Scores and projects Ranking Scores based on who’s been eliminated.

Current Standing	Team	Members	Projected Final Score	Total Episode Points	Final Ranking Points Lost	Scaled Episode Points	Scaled Final Ranking Points
1st	Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	0.74	371	25	0.72	0.77
2nd	Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	0.73	314	18	0.46	1.00
3rd	Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	0.68	419	35	0.94	0.43
4th	It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	0.66	422	37	0.95	0.37
5th	Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	0.62	376	33	0.75	0.50
6th	Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	0.58	358	33	0.66	0.50
7th	Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	0.55	352	34	0.64	0.47
8th	The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	0.54	354	35	0.65	0.43
9th	The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	0.52	432	47	1.00	0.03
10th	Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	0.52	348	35	0.62	0.43
11th	Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	0.50	382	41	0.77	0.23
12th	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	0.44	342	39	0.59	0.30
13th	Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	0.42	370	44	0.72	0.13
14th	Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	0.38	323	40	0.50	0.27
15th	Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	0.38	320	40	0.49	0.27
16th	NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	0.32	257	35	0.20	0.43
17th	High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	0.30	337	47	0.57	0.03
18th	Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	0.28	285	41	0.33	0.23
19th	Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	0.27	331	48	0.54	0.00
20th	Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	0.27	308	45	0.44	0.10
21st	G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	0.25	284	43	0.33	0.17
22nd	Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	0.14	229	42	0.08	0.20
23rd	Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	0.10	213	42	0.00	0.20
24th	Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	0.00	212	48	0.00	0.00

Quickfire

Winner: Lee Anne

🔥 🏆

Honorable Mentions: Karen and Gregory

🔥 🥈

Winning Dishes

Elimination Challenge

Winner: Bryan Voltaggio

👨‍🍳 🏆

Honorable Mentions: Karen and Gregory

🔥 🥈

Eliminated: Lee Anne

☠️

Winning Dishes

Losing Dishes

Episode Score

The top 3 scorers in points for this episode are Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas), Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum), and NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao).

Here are the overall standings in Episode Score after the Week 9.

Ranking Score

We won’t know the final Ranking Scores until the season is over, but we can get a sense of how people are doing based on where they ranked contestants that have already been eliminated (notwithstanding possible Last Chance Kitchen comebacks).

Here’s where things stand currently.

Team Breakdowns

Lastly, here’s a look at how everyone’s team is doing after Week 9.

Team	Members	First Place	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Last Place
Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Jamie Lynch	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Stephanie Cmar	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz
Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes
Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll
Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa
Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto
G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Brian Malarkey
High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes
Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey
It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	Joe Sasto	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll
Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Kevin Gillespie	Jamie Lynch
Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey	Jennifer Carroll
NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes	Stephanie Cmar	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey
Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Eric Adjepong	Joe Sasto	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes
Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Kevin Gillespie	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Jamie Lynch	Melissa King
Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Angelo Sosa	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey
Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Stephanie Cmar	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie
The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen
The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes
Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll
Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Jamie Lynch	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie
Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	Jennifer Carroll	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes

Week 10 Recap

(courtesy of Janet)

Remember a time when the Olympics were happening? Yeah, I don’t either. Stephanie’s winning dessert this week gets her two tickets to the Tokyo Games, which sadly has gone the same way as Trollz World Tour (cancelled). This week’s kaiseki Elimination Challenge showed us that none of the cheftestants could pass for Japanese chefs and that Olympic athletes do not really know what Japanese food is supposed to taste like. Karen disrespected the duck with some poor knife cuts, so she must go home now. No one plated mountain, river, and valley.

In a scintillating two-part Last Chance Kitchen, Karen went head to head with Kevin, the reigning LCK champion. Kevin eked out the win, and then had to go head to head with three of the remaining Cheftestants for a chance to come back to the competition. Kevin beat Malarkey, then lost to Voltaggio. Gregory volunteered as tribute for the last round and lost, which means that Kevin is now back in the running for Top Wife Guy.

Current Standings

After 10 weeks, here are the current standings. This counts everyone’s earned Episode Scores and projects Ranking Scores based on who’s been eliminated.

Current Standing	Team	Members	Projected Final Score	Total Episode Points	Final Ranking Points Lost	Scaled Episode Points	Scaled Final Ranking Points
1st	Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	0.81	411	27	0.81	0.81
2nd	Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	0.74	435	37	0.93	0.54
3rd	Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	0.74	347	20	0.49	1.00
4th	The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	0.66	397	36	0.74	0.57
5th	Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	0.64	391	36	0.71	0.57
6th	It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	0.63	440	46	0.96	0.30
7th	Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	0.62	387	37	0.69	0.54
8th	Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	0.62	384	36	0.68	0.57
9th	Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	0.60	388	39	0.70	0.49
10th	Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	0.57	403	43	0.77	0.38
11th	The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	0.54	448	54	1.00	0.08
12th	Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	0.53	379	42	0.65	0.41
13th	Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	0.43	329	40	0.40	0.46
14th	Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	0.37	375	53	0.63	0.11
15th	Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	0.36	329	45	0.40	0.32
16th	NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	0.36	274	35	0.13	0.59
17th	Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	0.34	336	48	0.44	0.24
18th	G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	0.32	298	43	0.25	0.38
19th	Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	0.32	293	42	0.22	0.41
20th	High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	0.30	347	53	0.49	0.11
21st	Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	0.24	342	57	0.47	0.00
22nd	Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	0.19	277	48	0.14	0.24
23rd	Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	0.14	249	47	0.00	0.27
24th	Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	0.07	260	54	0.06	0.08

Quickfire

Winner: Melissa

🔥 🏆

Honorable Mentions: Malarkey

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Winning Dishes

Elimination Challenge

Winner: Stephanie Cmar

👩‍🍳 🏆

Honorable Mentions: Bryan Volttagio

🔥 🥈

Eliminated: Karen Akunowicz

☠️

Winning Dishes

Losing Dish

Episode Score

The top 3 scorers in points for this episode are Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas), Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum), and NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao).

Here are the overall standings in Episode Score after the Week 10.

Ranking Score

We won’t know the final Ranking Scores until the season is over, but we can get a sense of how people are doing based on where they ranked contestants that have already been eliminated (notwithstanding possible Last Chance Kitchen comebacks).

Here’s where things stand currently.

Team Breakdowns

Lastly, here’s a look at how everyone’s team is doing after Week 10.

Team	Members	First Place	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Last Place
Beets by Dre (Tiffany Hudson / Steven)	Tiffany Hudson / Steven	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Jamie Lynch	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Stephanie Cmar	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz
Bitch Better Have My Honey (Janet Xu)	Janet Xu	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes
Chips Don’t Lie (Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu)	Jia Yuan / Joyce Liu	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll
Churn Up	Natasha Tabachnikoff	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa
Dead Meat (Elsa Voytas)	Elsa Voytas	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto
G-Ada at Home (Ada Rustow)	Ada Rustow	Lisa Fernandes	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Gregory Gourdet	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Brian Malarkey
High Steaks (Emma Dries)	Emma Dries	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Jennifer Carroll	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong	Angelo Sosa	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Lisa Fernandes
Idiot Sandwich (Sarah Mandell)	Sarah Mandell	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Eric Adjepong	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen	Lee Anne Wong	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey
It’s Fucking RAW! (Maddy Kornhauser)	Maddy Kornhauser	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Jennifer Carroll	Kevin Gillespie	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Jackson “Eddie” Fratesi	Jackson Fratesi	Joe Sasto	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Eric Adjepong	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Angelo Sosa	Brian Malarkey	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll
Let the Beet Drop (Katya Myagkova)	Katya Myagkova	Gregory Gourdet	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Eric Adjepong	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Kevin Gillespie	Jamie Lynch
Martha Chewart (Kate Dries)	Kate Dries	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey	Jennifer Carroll
NiNi Leeks (Sherry Cao)	Sherry Cao	Eric Adjepong	Lee Anne Wong	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Jennifer Carroll	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes	Stephanie Cmar	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey
Padma Wannabe (Divya Khandke)	Divya Khandke	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Bryan Voltaggio	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz
Quarantine? I Thought You Said Florentine! (Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum)	Hilary Clifford / Sam Blobaum	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Eric Adjepong	Joe Sasto	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Gregory Gourdet	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Jennifer Carroll	Karen Akunowicz	Brian Malarkey	Melissa King	Jamie Lynch	Lisa Fernandes
Screaming 4 Acid (Hosea Fucking Sucks) (Chris Issa)	Chris Issa	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Jennifer Carroll	Angelo Sosa	Kevin Gillespie	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Nini Nguyen	Eric Adjepong	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Jamie Lynch	Melissa King
Spice, Spice Baby! (Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen)	Jane Christen / Kelsey Edelen	Jennifer Carroll	Eric Adjepong	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Angelo Sosa	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie	Brian Malarkey
Take Me to Flavor Town (Claire Jaffe)	Claire Jaffe	Gregory Gourdet	Bryan Voltaggio	Stephanie Cmar	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Karen Akunowicz	Jennifer Carroll	Brian Malarkey	Lisa Fernandes	Jamie Lynch	Kevin Gillespie
The Gouda Lyfe (Tobin Stuff)	Tobin Stuff	Gregory Gourdet	Kevin Gillespie	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Bryan Voltaggio	Lisa Fernandes	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Brian Malarkey	Karen Akunowicz	Stephanie Cmar	Nini Nguyen
The IncrEDIBLES (Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon)	Emily Blanton / Stephen Dillon	Joe Sasto	Melissa King	Bryan Voltaggio	Lee Anne Wong	Stephanie Cmar	Gregory Gourdet	Karen Akunowicz	Eric Adjepong	Brian Malarkey	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Nini Nguyen	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes
Tom Bready (Gracie Himmelstein)	Gracie Himmelstein	Eric Adjepong	Gregory Gourdet	Nini Nguyen	Bryan Voltaggio	Joe Sasto	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Angelo Sosa	Lee Anne Wong	Melissa King	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Jamie Lynch	Jennifer Carroll
Top Shelf Curry (Amie Patel)	Amie Patel	Stephanie Cmar	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Melissa King	Nini Nguyen	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jennifer Carroll	Lee Anne Wong	Gregory Gourdet	Jamie Lynch	Karen Akunowicz	Lisa Fernandes	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie
Unlimited Breadsticks (Jackie Weidman)	Jackie Weidman	Jennifer Carroll	Bryan Voltaggio	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Gregory Gourdet	Lisa Fernandes	Karen Akunowicz	Kevin Gillespie	Melissa King	Brian Malarkey	Stephanie Cmar	Joe Sasto	Angelo Sosa	Jamie Lynch	Lee Anne Wong
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Gurt (Eugene Chong)	Eugene Chong	Bryan Voltaggio	Gregory Gourdet	Melissa King	Joe Sasto	Eric Adjepong	Nini Nguyen	Angelo Sosa	Stephanie Cmar	Karen Akunowicz	Lee Anne Wong	Jennifer Carroll	Jamie Lynch	Brian Malarkey	Kevin Gillespie	Lisa Fernandes

References

How to Watch!

Episodes air on Bravo every Thursday at 10pm EST. You can watch live on Bravo’s website at that time or on-demand the next morning with a cable TV login. If you don’t have a login, email the league; I’m sure someone can provide one.

The season is also available for purchase on Amazon and iTunes, but again, check with others in the league for a TV login so you can watch for free.

You can find episodes of Last Chance Kitchen on YouTube (scroll to the bottom).

Cheftestants

Bios for each chef can be found here.

Thank you to [/@lynnandtonic](https://twitter.com/lynnandtonic “Lynn Fisher”) for the headshots!

Name	Headshot	Status
Eric Adjepong		☠️
Karen Akunowicz		☠️
Jennifer Carroll		☠️
Stephanie Cmar		👨‍🍳
Lisa Fernandes		☠️
Kevin Gillespie		👩‍🍳
Gregory Gourdet		👩‍🍳
Melissa King		👩‍🍳
Jamie Lynch		☠️
Brian Malarkey		👨‍🍳
Nini Nguyen		☠️
Joe Sasto		☠️
Angelo Sosa		☠️
Bryan Voltaggio		👨‍🍳
Lee Anne Wong		☠️

Rules

Scoring: The goal of the season is to have the highest Final Score. 2nd place gets /$15, and the winner gets /$105 (24 total players!). Your score will have two parts, each weighted equally:

Ranking Score: This is how closely your predictions match up with the final finishes. If you guess every chef’s finish from 1-to-16 correctly, you would have a perfect score.
- Note that chefs eliminated early in the season may get back onto the show via Last Chance Kitchen! In that case, we will use the chef’s final position after the season has ended.
- To clarify, a chef’s final position is their position after being eliminated from the main show. That is, it doesn’t matter how well a chef does on Last Chance Kitchen unless they make it back onto the main competition.
Episode Score: You’ll score points for every chef in your top 8 (MySpace, baby) that ends up on top in the quickfire or elimination challenge.
- Points Awarded =
  - Quickfire Winner: $/scriptsize (10 - ChefRank) * 2$
  - Elimination Challenge Winner: $/scriptsize (15 - ChefRank) * 2$
  - Quickfire or Elimination Challenge Honorable Mentions: $/scriptsize 10 - ChefRank$
- *Honorable Mentions: being in the Top 3, being on the winning team for team challenges, or getting a special shout out from the judges.
- Chefs eliminated during an episode can still earn points from winning a quickfire that episode.
- If there is no one winner specified in a team challenge, everyone receives honorable mention points.
- Example: I rank Eric as 2nd overall and Jenn as 3rd overall. Eric wins the quickfire and Jenn is on top in the elimination challenge. I get 9 points from Eric (11 - 2) and 12 points from Jenn ((9 - 3) * 2).

At the end, we’ll scale everyone’s points (see below) for the two scores. Your final score will be the average of the two.

Final Score:
- Scaled Final Ranking Score = \[/scriptsize 1 - /frac{YourRankingScore - min(AllRankingScores)}{max(AllRankingScores) - min(AllRankingScores)}\]
- Scaled Episode Score = \[/scriptsize /frac{YourEpisodeScore - min(AllEpisodeScores)}{max(AllEpisodeScores) - min(AllEpisodeScores)}\]
- Final Score = \[/scriptsize /frac{Scaled Ranking Score + Scaled Episode Score}{2}\]

Have You Paid?

Everyone’s paid!

Players	Paid
Jackson	Yes
Natasha	Yes
Sarah	Yes
Janet	Yes
Jackie	Yes
Kate	Yes
Claire	Yes
Tobin	Yes
Emma	Yes
Amie	Yes
Eugene	Yes
Emily / Stephen	Yes
Sherry	Yes
Jane / Kelsey	Yes
Katya	Yes
Chris	Yes
Jia / Joyce	Yes
Hilary / Sam	Yes
Elsa	Yes
Gracie	Yes
Ada	Yes
Tiffany / Steven	Yes
Divya	Yes
Maddy	Yes

This Isn’t Top Scallops, 2020 Edition!

Last Updated: May 26, 2020

Week 1 Recap

Current Standings

Quickfire

Elimination Challenge

Episode Score

Ranking Score

Team Breakdowns

Week 2 Recap

Highlights From Around the League

Current Standings

Quickfire

Elimination Challenge

Episode Score

Ranking Score

Team Breakdowns

Week 3 Recap

Highlights From Around the League

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Quickfire

Elimination Challenge

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Week 4 Recap

Highlights From Around the League

Current Standings

Quickfire

Elimination Challenge

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Ranking Score

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Week 5 Recap

Highlights From Around the League

Current Standings

Quickfire

Elimination Challenge

Episode Score

Ranking Score

Team Breakdowns

Week 6 Recap

Current Standings

Quickfire

Elimination Challenge

Episode Score

Ranking Score

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Week 7 Recap

Current Standings

Quickfire

Elimination Challenge

Episode Score

Ranking Score

Team Breakdowns

Week 8 Recap

Current Standings

Restaurant Wars

Episode Score

Ranking Score

Team Breakdowns

Week 9 Recap

Current Standings

Quickfire

Elimination Challenge

Episode Score

Ranking Score

Team Breakdowns

Week 10 Recap

Current Standings

Quickfire

Elimination Challenge

Episode Score

Ranking Score

Team Breakdowns

References

How to Watch!

Cheftestants

Rules

Have You Paid?